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A/N: This is basically a filler chapter, and a chance to get in some Luke/Lorelai loving. I felt like there wasn't enough in the story…so I tried to get some in this chapter. I hope you like it…enjoy!

Over the next few months, in between trying on wedding gowns, trying out cakes (although Sookie was ultimately catering) and sending out wedding invitations, Lorelai didn't have much time to think about her mother not coming to the wedding. Rory tried to change her grandmother's mind every Friday night at dinner, but it was to no avail. Sookie even tried a little bit, but she didn't get very far either.

Nobody tried as hard as Luke though. He called her twice a day, but Emily had learned a few tricks from Lorelai and hung up on him every time he called. He even tried going over to her house, but she refused to see him and sometimes had a maid throw him out of the house. Luke tried to corral Richard into helping, but Richard refused as well. Richard wanted his wife to come to the wedding, but he wasn't going to harass her. His view was, "Luke, my boy, you and everyone else who is trying to get her to go to this wedding can make her mad and then leave. I have to live with her and I would like to try and stay on her good side."

Lorelai kept telling them she was fine and she wouldn't let them believe that Emily not coming to the wedding was affecting her. She truly did care if her mom came to the wedding and she really did want her to come. She had decided something though. She wouldn't let her mom ruin this for her. Emily wanted this to be a bad day for her and she wouldn't let her mom accomplish that.

It was month before the wedding and the invitations had been sent out a week ago. In this week, all the ones from the town had come back in and they had gotten Liz and TJ's as well. Everyone in the town was coming (naturally, this wedding had almost become a town event) and Liz and was going to be able to come, but TJ wasn't. Luke didn't know why and he didn't care; he was relieved because there would be no crazy at his wedding. Well, no more than he was used to; he could handle Lorelai's crazy any time.

All around, it had not been a good day for Lorelai. Rory just called and said she couldn't come home from Yale to try on her dress, she had too much homework and going to the grandparent's that night was going to put her behind on working on it. Lorelai's dress was also not coming along the way it was supposed to be. The woman who was supposed to get it in the mail had four other wedding dresses that were shipped that week and had accidentally left Lorelai's out, and was not going to get it shipped until the next week. Only these things could happen to her.

She was opening mail in the kitchen when she got the RSVP card from her parents. It just made everything worse. There was only one yes. She knew her mom had no function to go to, Rory had checked the book when Emily wasn't looking. All of the things that happened that day, along with the natural stress from the wedding, came crashing down on her and she collapsed in the nearest chair and cried.

Luke came back in the next minutes and heard Lorelai in the kitchen. He rushed in and asked her what was wrong. She handed him the RSVP card and went upstairs, tears still streaming down her cheeks. He looked at it and knew what was wrong. He didn't understand how Emily could be so mean. How could she not want to come to her own daughter's wedding? He was going to get that woman to come to the wedding if it was the last thing he did. His prime concern right now though was his girl, who was upstairs.

He walked up the stairs and pushed open the door to her room. He saw her lying on the bed crying. He hadn't expected anything else; this was where he figured she would be. He walked over to the bed and couldn't think of anything else to do but take her in his arms.

Quite honestly, he had never been good with crying women, especially when it came to this woman. This woman was his ray of sunshine, the one who could brighten his day with her ever-present smile. What was he supposed to do when she was crying? He was at a complete loss.

"Why doesn't she want to come?" Lorelai whispered to Luke.

Luke closed his eyes for a minute, wishing he had a better answer for her. "I don't know."

"What have I done?" Lorelai asked, still in a whisper.

"Nothing," Luke assured her. "She just doesn't like me."

"That's not fair!" Lorelai cried. "She hasn't even given you a chance. Why can't she at least try? I love you! That should be enough!"

Luke smiled at her. "It will be."

"What do you mean?" Lorelai asked him.

He wasn't ready to tell her that he was going to get her mom to the wedding, because he wasn't exactly sure how he was going to do it just yet. He decided the only thing he could do was kiss her, so he did.

Lorelai broke the kiss and looked at him. "Why are you doing this? I don't understand why you want to marry me. This is what it is like all the time with my family."

Luke shook his head. "Shhh."

He took her face in his hands again and kissed her. He felt the wetness of her tears on his fingers and tasted the salt of her tears. He drew back and stared at her face.

"Please stop crying," Luke whispered to her.

Lorelai opened her mouth to say something, but Luke put his forefinger on her lips hushing her. "I love you so much," he whispered again. "Please stop crying."

"What did I ever do to deserve you?" Lorelai asked out loud.

"What did I ever do to deserve you?" Luke repeated, turning the sentence to favor him.

Before she got a chance to say anything back to him, he cupped her face and kissed her again. This kiss turned quickly much more passionate than the other two had been. Their tongues met only five seconds into the kiss and that was when Luke knew he wouldn't be going back to the apartment above the diner tonight.

Lorelai couldn't help but wonder what she had ever done to deserve a man like Luke. She felt like Maria in The Sound of Music when Caption von Trapp finally fell in love with her. She felt like going out to the town's gazebo and bursting out in a chorus of Something Good. She promised to never mock that song again. Although she didn't approve of beginning a song while getting kissed and wasn't planning on going that far any time soon, she finally understood how the poor girl felt.

Lorelai's family had always been this way; her mother had always been this way. They always acted this crazy and they never cared what the other person thought. She was seriously starting to think the only sane one in her crazy family was Rory, because Lorelai knew she couldn't classify herself as sane. Then again, Rory was her daughter, so that was a handicap in itself. Also, Richard was coming and walking her down the aisle so-

Lorelai suddenly wondered why she was still thinking. She realized Luke was giving her this wonderful kiss, trying to make her feel better and she wasn't paying any attention. She suddenly felt bad for not participating more in the kiss. She decided to rectify that right away, right now. She brought her fingers to the buttons of his flannel shirt and skillfully began to unbutton the small buttons.

Luke felt what she was doing and although he wanted to do this he wasn't sure if this was such a good idea tonight. He then deduced that she probably just wanted to feel happy. She had been under so much stress lately with the wedding planning and worrying about her parents and everything that she had no time to relax. Although he wasn't exactly sure this would help her relax, he was sure this would make her feel better about everything.

Lorelai had almost got his shirt unbuttoned when Luke grabbed her hands to stop her. She pulled back from the kiss and gave him a bewildered look. He brought his lips close to her ear. "Let me do this. Let me make you feel better."

Lorelai shook her head slightly (again wondering what she did to deserve a man like him), but smiled her assent. Before she could comprehend anything, he again had captured her mouth in a deep kiss. From that moment he took over and Lorelai was unable to think about anything—especially her mother and the wedding—except the sensations running through her body.

So I love The Sound of Music, it's probably one of my favorite movies…and the reference just worked so well! I hope you liked this chapter…how about you review and tell me!